Canary Yellow#FFFE40

#FFFE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.925; OKLCH L 96.8% C 0.194 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Canary Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FFFE40
RGB	rgb(255, 254, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.03, -19.87, 83.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.03, 86.19, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(96.76% -0.0639 0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(96.76% 0.194 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.6102, 92.5162, 18.6187)
Luminance	0.9251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFE40 #4041FF

analogous

#FF9F40 #FFFE40 #A0FF40

triadic

#FFFE40 #40FFFE #FE40FF

tetradic

#FFFE40 #40FF9F #4041FF #FF40A0

square

#FFFE40 #40FF9F #4041FF #FF40A0

split-complementary

#FFFE40 #40A0FF #9F40FF

monochromatic

#C5C400 #FFFE03 #FFFE40 #FFFE7D #FFFFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FFFE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.50

#FFFE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFE40

19.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFE40	1.00	1.08	19.50	19.50
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 254, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.8% 0.194 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffe83',
    500: '#fffe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffe40;
$custom-light: #fffe83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.686,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96759,
    "c": 0.19403,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.92514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFE40

secondary

#2223C1

accent

#01E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#19170C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFE40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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